What will God do to those who deprive others? - Deprivation - TouchPoints

Deuteronomy 15:9“Do not be mean-spirited and refuse someone a loan because the year for canceling debts is close at hand. If you refuse to make the loan and the needy person cries out to the Lord, you will be considered guilty of sin.”

Proverbs 28:27Whoever gives to the poor will lack nothing, but those who close their eyes to poverty will be cursed.

Jeremiah 5:28-30“They are fat and sleek, and there is no limit to their wicked deeds. They refuse to provide justice to orphans and deny the rights of the poor. Should I not punish them for this?” says the Lord. “Should I not avenge myself against such a nation?”

Lamentations 3:35-37If they deprive others of their rights in defiance of the Most High, if they twist justice in the courts—doesn’t the Lord see all these things?

Malachi 3:5“At that time I will put you on trial. . . . I will speak against those who cheat employees of their wages, who oppress widows and orphans, or who deprive the foreigners living among you of justice, for these people do not fear me,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

Matthew 25:41-45“For I was hungry, and you didn’t feed me. I was thirsty, and you didn’t give me a drink. I was a stranger, and you didn’t invite me into your home. I was naked, and you didn’t give me clothing. I was sick and in prison, and you didn’t visit me.”

Mark 12:40“Yet they shamelessly cheat widows out of their property and then pretend to be pious by making long prayers in public. Because of this, they will be more severely punished.”

1 Thessalonians 2:15-16Some of the Jews killed the prophets, and some even killed the Lord Jesus. Now they have persecuted us, too. They fail to please God and work against all humanity as they try to keep us from preaching the Good News of salvation to the Gentiles. By doing this, they continue to pile up their sins. But the anger of God has caught up with them at last.

Withholding help from those in dire need is sin. We deprive others when we have a chance to help someone in need but ignore them or refuse to do anything. While some who deprive others experience God’s judgment while still on earth, all who deprive others will receive his judgment eventually.